Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston

I don't know if declaring it official online makes it official, probably not, but in any case, here are my very simple instructions:

If I am ever in a state from which I cannot recover (as determined by doctors, not my family or a crazy religious nut or anyone else) and in which it is determined I have no awareness or cognition, I don't want to be kept alive with a respirator, feeding tube, or anything else.

What's the point people?

My friend from college, Claire, and her man, Francis, are getting married in May! I am very excited and happy for them as they are both really cool people. Not cool in a high school way, I mean they are fun, funny, smart, etc.

Anyway, here is their announcement. They're getting married May 28!

No anorexics need apply.

Holy crap and what the $#& ?

We live in a small studio apartment. That's fine, we don't mind the lack of space, but we have a seating and sleeping problem. This would solve both of our problems, and actually sounds like it's not only comfortable to sleep on, it's also smallish, which is good for our small space. Most sofabeds are over 8 feet wide, this is about 20" smaller. By the way, it also comes in really nice colors, and it's leather, and it's really good looking and will presumably last a very long time.

Anyone want to buy us a really good present?

So here are some things from Athleta that people can buy for me. Remember, my birthday is coming up in May! wink wink

Pink capris make me wish I actually went to the beach on occasion. Size: 10

A very cute polo in fun colors. Size: Medium

Hardware-free capris. Apparently this is a concern if you spend a lot of time at the beach because you don't want your snaps and grommets to rust. Anyway, I think they look comfy and cute. In rasin. Size medium.

These terry capris look super comfy. For my imaginary after-workout relaxing. Size medium, in celery.

Super cute baja skirt. Size 10, color: sky hibiscus.

Hoodie, which is supposed to be super-soft and comfy. It's very cute. Size: Large, color: french blue or blossom... or both!

These pants are definitely all that!

Thank you.

All life is not precious.

If you are going to spend your energy trying to save someoe's life, why not first of all start with some people who aren't so brain damaged that they are vegetative?

Here are some you could try:

Kids with Cameras

Tsunami Victims

AIDS relief in Africa

Extreme poverty

For Pete's sake, at least try to free Tibet.

People need to stop being hypocrites just to get on the political stage! It makes me so angry! These hypocrites call themselves pro-life but support the death penalty. Wait, I thought only God could take life? Hmmmm.

First, for something that calls itself a "coalition", these people need to hire someone who knows what the fuck they're doing to make their website. Secondly, shut up Catholics. Seriously. Maybe you should worry about your half-dead pope.

Meanwhile, you know these people feel very smart for snagging this web address. I guess someone here had some brain cells but the rest of these geniuses aren't doing him/her any justice.

Oh, all these right-wing and religious people are so ethical. I'm so glad they're looking out for the moral well-being of everybody. Heaven forbid we stop feeding a brain-dead person so she can die after fifteen years of being in a vegetative state (yeah, yeah, I know, she moves and makes noise and does things... medical science defines what vegetative is you stupid fucks - it doesn't have to mean she's as still as a vegetable meaning a carrot), it is very important that we let her keep lying in a bed breathing and filling up her pee bag. This deserves national attention and millions of dollars of legal nonsense and every other ridiculous thing that's happening. But the fact that we can't fix the problems of homelesseness, poverty, horrible elder care, drugs, gun violence, a shitty educational system, cruelty to animals (no, I'm not talking about Peta - I hate those morons too), a crappy economy, the fact that shitloads of people in this country have no health insurance, pollution, and every other rotten thing - these are all better left for another time. First we have to keep pumping food into this half-dead woman through a tube in her stomach.

All life is not precious. And really, nobody believes it is. At least none of these right-wing morons. If they did they would also be concerned about the environment and the so-called third-world; they would be pacifists, they would be against the death-penalty, and they would never cut down a tree or step on a bug or pull a weed.

So why don't you tell us the real reason you think this case is so important? I'm dying to know.

He's there right now for school. I'm not jealous or anything.

I am saying goodbye to heels almost entirely, thanks to the bad feet I inherited from my grandmother(s), so I need comfortable shoes other than sneakers and slippers for work and other occasions. Here are a few:

Size 9 for all of the below.

Lands End leather flats

Lands end mary janes

Isaac Mizrahi for Target orange mocs

Nine West dressier but very low heel mocs

Nine West cute, fun little weird shoe

Nine West, cute little bow mules

I am also doing my yearly pretending that I'm going to get in shape. I'd like to do lots of walking with the dog and maybe some running if I can carry enough poop bags and stay near areas of the city that have garbage cans around. So I need some good athletic shoes but nothing crazy. I guess I'll find some examples later.

For God's sake. Seriously people. Can you all stop being totally insane please?

TV just told me that the average life expectancy for a Russian man is 59! What? I guess Democracy and Capitalism isn't working so good over there.

Today Rob found out he got into the Master's Program at Tufts! He will be studying Computer Science in case you didn't know or couldn't guess. He's been sweatin' it out since February 1 when we turned in his application. This semester he's finishing up his certificate program which was really just about getting the classes he needed to apply for the Master's program, so if he hadn't gotten in we would have had to come up with a new plan... Anyway, it's very exciting and Rob Reed is a real super star! Good job, Rob Reed!

Billy the dog got a fortune cookie tonight because we got take-out. His fortune reads:

Be confident in your own lovability.

I have never heard a more perfect fortune for Billy. Really, for any dog. They're usually pretty confident in their own lovability.

Remember when the Jetta was cute and cool? Too bad Volkswagen decided to make it really really ugly.

Because I can't bring myself to walk over and tell you, since it would probably cause a scene and be seen as unacceptable, I will instead post here that you, crazily inappropriately loud bitches at Border's on School Street in Boston should really shut the hell up. Especially the cackling whore who apparently has no idea how incredibly unpleasant or unnecessary her laugh is. Especially when the subject of their discussion has ranged from how people in Canada follow the speed limit to what parts of Quebec have more French-like people living in them, to other inane and entirely boring matter.

Goddamn it, I sometimes wish people would just drop dead.

Some people need to stop being bitches. They know who they are.

"You know you've been living in the city too long when you move to an apartment with giant metal bars on the windows, and you think to yourself, Awesome! Giant metal bars!"

Rob Reed

Nice move, assholes.

Happy 10th Birthday! You're such a big boy!

Also, my friend Danielle is getting married in May as well! To one Elijah Paul, this super cool guy with great taste in music. They make an excellent couple and I'm very happy for them too.

Here is their page. Hooray Danielle and Elijah!

George W. Bush, you stupid fucking ass, leave social security alone. You don't take people's retirement savings that they depend on to survive after they retire (because you know, we're not all fucking rich millionaires whose daddies buy us jobs in the government), and put it in the stock market! Hey, stupid, if I have to hear one more time about how "society prefers" the free market, I will puke my lungs out. People prefer it when it is potentially beneficial, not when you're talking about risking their chance to not live in a box in the park when they're 85!

You crazy stupid bastard.

I mean this is ludicrous. It's a disgrace. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If NStar or any other irresponsible utility or city agency killed my dog by having live electricity loosely flopping around somewhere on the street I would not rest until I was on every news station, every possible person was fired and/or sued, and at least one person's life was totally ruined. It is unacceptable. Yeah too bad dogs can't sue anyone, if people had died then the agencies responsible for it would actually be fixing the problem. There's no room for errors with things like live electricity, assholes. You can't be sort of OK at turning off live wires when they are loose under the street. You have to be perfect at it. If you can't be, then you get sued, put out of business, or put in jail.

I feel horrible for that poor family. It's awful. Can you imagine being a 13 year old kid just out walking your dog and then seeing him get electrocuted? Really terrible.